audiphone

[ aw-duh-fohn ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. a kind of diaphragm held against the upper teeth to assist hearing by transmitting sound vibrations to the auditory nerve.

audiphone

/ ˈɔːdɪˌfəʊn /

noun

1. a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear

Word History and Origins

Origin of audiphone¹

1875–80, Americanism; audi(o)- + -phone, modeled on telephone

Example Sentences

So that was what Perona had told him over the audiphone just before our noonday meal?

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Grantline's voice in my audiphone broke my despairing rush of thoughts.

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His voice sounded from the tiny audiphone grid within my helmet.

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I gathered up my little audiphone, thrust it under my dark flowing cloak.

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We had passed a small lighted audiphone cubby, evidently the one from which Dud and Shac had paged us.

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